Comic books in 'Platinum Age'

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $29.00 View scans Cover detached.

Add to cart Good $27.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

No. 3. 10" x 9.75", 52 pages, B&W.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $32.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

No. 5. 10" x 10", 52 pages, B&W.

Ball Publications, 15-1/2 x 5-3/4, 68 pages, hardcover, B&W, 1910, 50 cents, VERY COMMON. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Good $71.00 View scans

Add to cart Fair $32.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

1911 1st edition. Opium den panels, Jeff smokes opium (pipe dreams). Hardcover, 15-1/2 x 5-3/4, 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Very Good $180.00 View scans

2nd and later editions - Ball Publications. Hardcover, 15-1/2 x 5-3/4, 68 pages, B&W. Opium den panels, Jeff smokes opium (pipe dreams). Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $220.00 View scans

First Edition - 1916. Ball Publishing. Hardcover, 15-1/2 x 5-3/4, 68 pages, B&W.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $45.00 View scans

Pictures of Life and Character, 8-1/2 x 6 1/4" inches, 212 pages (counting endpaper and covers), color cover (inset full-color litho), black-and-white cartoons with sub-text, reprinted John Leech cartoons from Punch Magazine. Note: This item was published without a dust jacket.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $86.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Cartooning lessons 1 to 14 from the Raye Burns. Part One, 1931 Edition. B&W, printed on one side only. 8-1/2" X 13-1/2".

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $185.00 View scans

Cartooning lessons 15 to 26 from the Raye Burns. Part One, 1931 Edition. B&W, printed on one side only. 8-1/2" X 13-1/2".

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $19.00 View scans Spine split 90%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Comic strip reprints from Ad Carter's long-running "Just Kids" strip. "Just Kids" was about a kid gang, inspired by the contemporary "Reg'lar Fellers" strip by Gene Byrnes. "Just Kids" ran daily in Hearst papers from 1923 to 1947, and continued to run in the Sunday funnies until Carter's death in 1957.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $145.00 View scans

No dust jacket. Comic strip reprints from 1920-1924. 10-in. x 10.24-in.; black and white; 140 pages; hardcover book. No number or cover price.

Add to cart Good $150.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Staple rust: Moderate.

The Gold Mine Thieves. Stories, art and cover by E.C. Segar. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents a collection of Segar's Thimble Theatre, the comic strip that introduced Popeye the Sailor to the world. Popeye tries to help a mine owner whose gold keeps disappearing, and he discovers a sinister plot. Softcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $68.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Cupples & Leon Company, 10" x 10", 52 pages, B&W dailies

Add to cart Poor $15.00 View scans Page missing.

Hardcover, 7-1/2 x 8-3/4, 92 pages, B&W

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $53.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Treasure Box of Famous Comics: Reg'lar Fellers - Cupples & Leon Company, softcover, 8-1/2 x 6-7/8, 36 pages, abbreviated version of hardcover, 1934.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $43.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Novel featuring Uncle Walt's adventures taking care of Skeezix. Text and illustrations by Frank O. King. 7.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black/white/orange; 124 pages.

Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans

Does not have dust jacket; grading is based on book itself. Smitty by Walter Berndt. Newspaper reprints, Cupples and Leon Co., New York. 7 x 8-3/4 inches, 86 pages, color hardbound cover with black-and-white interior. No cover price.

Add to cart Fine $295.00 View scans

Dust jacket lacking. "Smitty at the Ball Game." Babe Ruth cover and cameo inside. Reprints of 1928 comic strips. 7-in. x 8.75-in.; black and white; 86 pages; hardcover.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $41.00 View scans

Cupples & Leon Company, by Walter Berndt, ...The Jockey, hardcover WITHOUT dust jacket, 9 x 7, 96 pages, B&W strip reprints, 1931.

Add to cart Poor $8.20 View scans Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 90%.

1933. 3.5" x 4.5", 320 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Very Good $73.00 View scans

Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit accompanied by non-sequential cartoon illustrations by Claire Briggs. Published by P.F. Volland & Co., 1914. Hardcover without dust jacket, as issued. 9 x 11-1/2", 104 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Poor $12.00 View scans

Square format, board covers - 10" x 10", 52 pages, B&W.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $720.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $69.00 View scans Spine split 25%. Water damage: Extensive.

Walt Disney Picture Book #947 starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Interior formatted with one large 7.5" x 9" illustration on each page with story text below. Full color, printed on sturdy linen-like paper, sewn spine, 9.25-in. x 12.25-in., 12 pages.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $64.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date along with different ad pages, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown. 9-7/8 x 9-7/8 inch book reprints newspaper strips. Black-and-white. 52 pages. Stiff cover.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $62.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $32.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Written and illustrated by Bud Fisher. Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date along with different ad pages, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown. 10" x 10". 52 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Good $37.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $37.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $36.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Issue #8 - March 1922. Written and illustrated by Bud Fisher. Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date along with different ad pages, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown. 10" x 10". 52 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $93.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Poor $23.00 View scans Coverless.

Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this series may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date along with different ad pages, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown. Cupples & Leon Company, by Bud Fisher, stiff color cover, 9-1/2 x 9-1/2, 52 pages, B&W interior, strip reprints.

Add to cart Good $60.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date along with different ad pages, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown. Mutt and Jeff (1919-33 Cupples & Leon) Book #11 by H.C. "Bud" Fisher, copyright 1926. 10" x 10", 52pg, B&W

Add to cart Fair $40.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Later edition - 1917. 14.75" x 10.25", 20 pages, PC/PB&W.

Add to cart Very Good $130.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

"Nippy's Pop". 13.5" x 10.25", 36 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Fine $86.00 View scans

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $82.00 View scans

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $29.00 View scans

Oh Skin-Nay! The Days of Real Sports by Briggs (1913) with verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit. BOOK ONLY, does not include illustrated box. Hardcover, 136 pages, 8 1/2" x 13". Published by P.F. Volland & Co., Chicago, U.S.A.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $475.00 View scans

Written by George Wilbur Peck and illustrated by Walt McDougal. 16.5" x 11", 32 pages, full-color.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $18.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Extensive.

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans

Skeezix and Pal (1925) is an illustrated storybook published by Reilly and Lee Co. Story and art by Frank King. Join little Skeezix and his family as they get a new puppy. Thrill as the young dog grows up with Skeezix and they get into all sorts of trouble. Hardcover, full cloth binding with illustrated label affixed to front board. 112 pages, 7-in. x 9.25-in., B&W and color

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $61.00 View scans

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $18.50 View scans

Hardcover edition. Novel featuring Skeezix and Uncle Walt's adventures at the circus and beyond! Text and illustrations by Frank O. King. 7.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black/white/orange; 124 pages.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $216.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Sunday reprints in full-color, 15.75" x 9.75", 42 pages.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $115.00 View scans Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 50%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $73.00 View scans

Add to cart Fair $44.00 View scans

Whitman Publishing Company, by Briggs, 9 x 9-1/2, no number, 52 pages, cardboard cover, B&W, 1922.

Add to cart Poor $15.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Whitman Publishing Company, by Briggs, 9 x 9-1/2, no number, 28 pages, cardboard cover, Sunday strip reprints in color, 1922.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $84.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Original 1907 edition. Contains 88 2-4 panel strip reprints of Everett True cartoons by Condo and Raper. 5-in. x 9.75-in., 92 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $89.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Written and illustrated by H.A. MacGill. 10" x 10", 52 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $99.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

1st (1928) Edition - 1st printing. Written by John Rosenfield, Jr. Art by Jack Patton. A collection of Daily comic strips from the pages of the Dallas News covering topics from Texas History. For may years, and as late as the mid-1960's, the little comic was used in Texas schools as a teaching aid. Cardboard Cover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Good $54.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Cupples & Leon Company, by Russ Westover, 52pgs, B&W interior, daily strip reprints.

Add to cart Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $245.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $225.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $35.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Cover detached. 6" Spine split. Heavy chew in back cover with residue. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cupples & Leon Company, by Russ Westover, 52 pages, B&W interior, daily strip reprints.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $65.00 View scans

Cupples & Leon Company, by Russ Westover, 52 pages, B&W interior, daily strip reprints.

Add to cart Good $54.00 View scans

Cupples & Leon Company, by Russ Westover, 52 pages, B&W interior, daily strip reprints.

Add to cart Good $54.00 View scans

Cupples & Leon Company, by Russ Westover, 52 pages, B&W interior, daily strip reprints, 1933.